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You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.
— Vance Havner
Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death.
— Billy Graham
Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon, or Socrates, or Muhammad died, their reputations were immense. When Jesus died, his tiny, failed movement appeared clearly at an end.
— John Ortberg
On the basis of what the New Testament does say, the final home should not be called "heaven" but instead the "new heavens and the new earth," and this makes a significant difference for understanding that what we do now really does matter—for we will continue doing it on the other side of life after death.
— Scot McKnight
In Shakespeare's plays, the mourner hastening to bury his friend is all the time colliding with the reveller hastening to his wine.
— Samuel Johnson
Deep, deep trouble. Can't rival the dead for love. Lose every time.
— Toni Morrison
The mercy of the world is time. Time does not stop for love, but it does not stop for death and grief, either.
— Wendell Berry
For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretchedly.
— Cicero
Except for my daughters, I have not grieved for any death as I have grieved for his . His was a great and beautiful spirit, he was a man — all man, from his crown to his footsoles. My reverence for him was deep and genuine.
— Mark Twain
All great men are dead, and I'm not feeling too well myself.
— Mark Twain
The first time the Deity came down to earth, he brought life and death; when he came the second time, he brought hell.
— Mark Twain
Death is to life as heaven is to hell they're both dependent on each other
— Mark Twain